I want to explore timeless, common situations.

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10

Occasionally it is useful to explore exceptional circumstances, but that should be carefully rationed.

Cheap reliance on exceptional circumstances leads to phantasy.

Justification for sin

Exceptional circumstances quickly become an excuse for exceptional behavior.

For justifying rule-breaking.

While there is truth to the Spider-man adage of “With great power comes great responsibility”, it’s fictional context distorts the meaning of those words:

“Normally people need to live a certain way, but I have been cursed with super powers, so I have to live differently from most everyone else in the world.”